Our friends are visiting, and they also have a 5 year old daughter and 3 year old son (same ages as Kylie and Caden). We all enjoyed the fall weather and a fun bike ride through a nearby village tourist spot! We rode about 9 miles on an amazing newly built bike trail that follows […]
We invited the kids’ classmates (and their families) to come join us for camping, hiking, and swimming while they were out of school for a holiday. It was a good turnout. Building relationships. Enjoying His creation.
We had our friends over to play one Saturday morning and ended up going with them to this place to eat and play in the water. The place was out in the middle of nowhere, but it was beautiful. There was a nice refreshing (clean) stream that the kids all played in. There wasn’t a […]
I was able to return to our old stomping grounds in Chengdu for 4 days last week to attend a homeschool conference. It was so much fun. Not only did I learn a lot, but it was also good to see the people and things I’ve missed since we moved. First, I really really miss […]
We celebrated Easter today on this side of the world! We met with some like-minded foreign friends this morning for group, David did a great job leading us in w*rship. I then took the 10 kids present outside for an Easter party/lesson in English Then, this afternoon we had our local friends over for the […]
This is a video I found of Colt and his best friend back in Chengdu, Lyric. They look so young! It’s hard to believe this was just 1 year ago! These 2 were always together. They went to school together, we lived in the same neighborhood, and Lyric’s mom was my best friend too! Oh […]
School is out from July 1 – Sept. 1 here, and we have really enjoyed watching Colt enjoy the summer! We have had lots of fun travel and quality time as a family. Every day we are home though, Colt is playing with other boys in our apartment complex – pretty much from sun up […]
This is our new friend LJ. She doesn’t have an English name yet. . . maybe I’ll give her one someday We met at our family’s favorite noodle shop. She was eating there too, and we finished up about the same time. Walking out she commented on the kids and then randomly asked if we […]
We invited our friends over for dinner, but they insisted on bringing the meat – which was duck. That is common meat here, and we have all grown to really like it! We cooked together and made a yummy meal of duck (spicy and non-spicy versions), egg and tomato dish, carrot and onion dish, and […]
